Swordfish are known as denizens of the deep, dark sea. They live at great depths, only rarely come up to the top half of the water column, and they most often feed at night.

Going for swordfish is always an adventure. It’s even more so when you target swordfish during the day. It’s quite a treat, which requires patience, skill, precision, and an alert attitude by everyone on the boat.

The captains at Mexican Gulf Fishing Co. have all caught their fair share of daytime swordfish. This summer is no exception, but through May — the swordfish action has been frequent — and rewarding.

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Many people send us emails and facebook questions asking what it’s like to spend a day with Mexican Gulf Fishing Co. We tell them, it’s like any other good day you’ve had, … only better.

Half joking of course, and half serious. A day fishing with any of our five captains is as good as you want it to be. Mother nature doesn’t always cooperate, but we are always able to show our charters a grand time. We know it isn’t a secret that we’re almost always able to put our charters on big fish, … lots of them, too.

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Captain Travis Mayeux, who runs the f/v Sweat Shop for MGFC, has had a rock solid March, and a great start this April.

Not to be outdone by Capt. Jordan Ellis’ recent marlin escapade, Travis put two of his charters on nice fish with back-to-back trips last week.

Jarrett Barnett was the first to hit. Fishing on a Monday, while chumming for yellowfin tuna, Mayeux thought he saw a blue marlin lurking below.

“I thought for sure we had seen one earlier in the day, and this time I was positive,” says Travis. “I dropped an extra large hard tail down on a bomb and she just smoked it on the way down.”

That fish hit so hard, so fast, and so close to the boat, it was almost boat side in first five minutes.

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Rick Couch Jr. knows how to celebrate birthdays in style — MGFC Style, that is.

Fishing on two consecutive days aboard the Wild Bill, with Capt. Billy Wells, and the ShockWave with Capt. Jordan Ellis, Rick Jr. his dad, Rick Sr. and their friend Donnie Davis booked two trips online at MGFishing.com

The offshore trips were a gift to Rick Jr. from his dad and Donnie. Let’s just say it’s a gift all are pleased to have been a part of.

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Captains Billy Wells and Collin Byrd were fishing on MGFC’s The Wild Bill out of Venice, LA last week. The targeted species — as is most often the case — was yellowfin tuna. Wells and Byrd successfully put their charter on yellowfin tuna, and the deep blue sea had something else in mind for this group, too.

“We had tuna everywhere,” says Wells. “Just boiling the surface really close to the boat. We already had landed seven yellowfin all at about 70 lbs., but there were plenty more to be had.”

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